Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1887-06-10

my angel" think she would poves navo parted
| from "Fweddic darling" even in tho solitude OF
"natohues gwovosw Tell her II IL not an
eternal, or oven round year, picnic that pioneers
| enjoy. Something Of the life that Mrs. Symmos
| deserted may be pictured. A cabin, as seen in
| these days, especially such rs joaquin Miller
possesses, hardly gives an idea ns TO how they
were "ln tho beginning" II was then the gem
uino thing with the bark on IT, the logs being
only hown on rudcly on the inside. a shag-
| bark hickory "cot in the Wilderness might
| have looked very sweet" without, but the
| csthctic taste OF these days, when elegant robes
cover tho floor would hardly have passed
where nil domestic duties were performed in
one or two rooms.
| The rude punchcon floor was scrubbed with
n splnt broom, the water escaping at the low
est hole, the children piled in the cradle ana on
| the bed meanwhile.
The bodstoad in the corner was formed OF n
| forkcd stick stuck IN the floor supporting poles
the ends oi which were thrust between the logs.
| Upon this rested the luxurious straw bed, the
| first instnmcnt OF this article having been I'M
ported in the ox.carts which brought the sct-
tiers handful Of worldly goods from over the
| mountains.
This mode OF conveyance was rs royal as II
was convenient, for did not ono OF the great
Mcrovingiun Kings ride In state into the ancient
young city of Paris in an ox.carty whether or
not the Kings oxen were utilized TO plow the
adjacent virgin soil nftcrwnrd, history fails to
record In the case OF the royal pioneer there is
on that score no question.
The cupboard on the wall was made Of rude
boards supported by pegs thrust into nugcr
holes bored into the logs. The table was n
split slab with legs fastened into nugcr
holes, while thrcccggcd stools strictly cores
pondcd in style. Pegs ~ the logs made hat
racks, pegs held up the mantcipieco, pegs
held on the roof slabs, pegs did every thing.
ha tyfu typr In pnp q
n log, and few ut HAT, covered with creased
paper or nioth. The stairs were a in0der upon
which tta little angels, when large enough,
assembled and descended to and from the lott.
The chimney of heapsd stones rudcly plastercu
together, had not far to go to just clear the
roof. The door was low, with the latch string
always ovt, and never locked. No pioneer
ever heard OF thief. whatever tho pftvations
around h:m There soon came TO tho walls OF
this cuDn the hugo antlcrs OF the stag, upon
which hung the rihc and the powdnrhorn'
and TO iAs house exterior and interior skins
of bcn.x, from the bear 10 the
Squirrel ind the masculine wardrobe cspeci-
ally rcjoiced therein. sugar-troueh Graded
the young heir to landed estates, and deer
skin made his first real princcly pair OF
brecchcs. The father had two enemies TO
fight, the forest tree and the Indian, and IL be-
fore breakfast he fellod the one and had oc-
casion to fell the other he had earned his morn
ing meal. And IL tho mother had discovered
rnttlesnnkcs den In the rocks by the spring
when she went to get the mornings bucket OF
water she didn't scream, but told her husband
q snake story at breakfast which answered in
place of what the newspapers serve up in these
days
"Chnwlcs Augustus" is something Of dude,
and prides himself on the lady.lilSe appoint
mcnts Of his bcdchnmbcrs and his luxurious
couch, neither of which will he under any cir
cumstanccs rclinQuish for night, all because
he belongs 10 "onc OF the first families YOU
know His grandfather was rocked in
sugar.trough and later slept three in a bed and
not wide one at that, with his brothers. As
a big boy he often ate at second table to make
room" for Others. But somehow he learned one
virtue, that made him charmingly obligtng
gentleman.
Corn and wheat boiled whole, corn pounded
and made into bread, with game and wild fruits,
made u substantial diet, eaten upon wooden
dishes. Pounded wheat for pie crust and crab
apples made iIcal tarts for dessert. The wheel
and the distan were ornamental then as now,
but the heavy loom, ineNorablc as fate in its.dc-
mands, was their invariablc accompaniment.
There was n household library, such as the
Bible, "Robnson Crusoc" Foxs Book of Mar
tyrs" and "Gullvcrs Travels These, with